15, notes that the artist spelled his name “Willarts” (for example, on the paintings
discussed under nos. 12 [of 1620] and 13 [of 1633]). In the document of 1602
cited in note 3 below, the artist is referred to both as “Adam Willaerts” and as “
Adam ...

Another day another Dutch artist but we move from the countryside and animals to sea and ships. My featured artist today is the Flemish painter Adam Willaerts, who was actually born in London. Born to Flemish parents in 1577 he was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age, a period in Dutch history, approximately spanning…